The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-15

half of syndicate"
Local and State Notes.
The employees on the Indianapolis division of
the c.. St. L. e. p. have their annual picnic az
Philadelphia tomorrow A big time Is antici-
pated-
In the foreclosure suit against the Chicago e.
Atlantic road a supplementary answer was filed
yesterday in the United States District Court at
Indianapolis
In running $50 miles the Cincinnati, Wabash
g. Michigan ROAD crosses nineteen important
railroads. all Of which it has favorable traffic ar
rangements with.
Arrangements are in progress for placing Bee
line tickets on sale at the c., l., ST. l.. q @. out
side ticket Office at this point, the c.. l., st. L.
& G. in turn placing on sale tickets OF their issue
at the Bee-line Office under the Bates House.
s The Detroit & Eel River road occupy the
same depot with the Vandalia at Logansport
and have built platform $50 feet long on the
south side of the Vandslia depot to accommo-
date passengers in getting on and on OF tneir
trains.
High railroad authority says that search of
the records fails to show a nge where
passenger coach has caught fire from the larrsD
which lighted the coach, consequently safe
method tor heating cars is the most important
question
The citizens of Rockville, Ind. and of Paris,
ILL.,, have become worry enthusiastic over secur-
ing the Indiana Midland road, now building
westward from Lebanon. The prospects are
that liberal subsidies will be voted If the road is
built to these towns.
In the month OF juno last year there was
shipped out Of Richmond. Ind, over the Penn
sylvania lines, g. 457. 546 pounds OF agricultural
implements, on which the freight was "a. $50 ga.
This year 1920. SIG pounds have been shipped,
on which the freight was 80. sos. 49,
The officials Of the passenger department OF
the c., l. 81. L. e G. road attribute the increase
10 their business in connection with the d 81.
Il. between St. Louis and Cincinnati to the fact
that the l. q 81 L. works for business over this
route. while the VandalIa did not their inter
ests being with the Pennsylvania Company,
which. as well as the G. l. St L. a O., has lines
to Baltimore and other Southeastern points
A ticket agent who keeps himself well posted
as TO the affairs OF the ticket scapers states that
in the last sixty days the scalpers at Indian
npolis, Chicago and St. Lonis have made more
money than In any sixty days prior to the inter
state commerce law taking effect. How it Is
that they so prosperous under the circum-
stance puzzles the general passenger agents.
who boosted that the passage OF that law would
exterminate the scalper
The Lake Erie g. Western people are pushing
the old equipments OF the Indianapolis. Peru a.
Chicago road through the shops, relettering
them and repairing them generally. more es-
pecially the locomotives two of which will be
out in a few days rebuilt in good style. After
all the complaint on the part of the citizens OF
Peru over the small number Of employed
At the shops IL Ia stated that more men are now
employed than when the road was under the
Malott management
One OF the officials OF the I. b. a. w. road
states that IL will probably be three months be-
fore the reorganization consolidation scheme can
be perfected. The property as n whole 10 in
better condition than mt any previous time IN its
history and the bondholdsrs OF the several in
tercsts are anxious to complete the reorganiza-
ton and consolidation. but there are certain
legal points TO settle which req uires time. and
the friends OF the property prefer that every
thing shall DO done in manner which will
avoid future litigation over any point
a feeling pervades railroad and legal circles
that the Ives, Staynor & 10. deal, In which
they secured the Terre Hauto 81 Indianapolis
road, and through II the lease OF the Vandaiia
will terminate by the Pennsylvania company
purchasing the rights which the Ives syndicate
has in the property This may be the case, but
AZ does not consist with the statements made
heretofore by the Pennsylvania people to the
effect that at any time In the last eighteen
months they could have purchased all that the
Ives syndicate did at smaller amount of money
than they paid. The Pennsylvania people do
not do business In that way.
EThe Lake Erie & Western people wanted the
Wabash TO pay them 3d. 900 per month for the
Of their track between Peru and Denver.
This the Wabash, Detroit e. Eel River MANAGE
ments thought exorbitant charge and made
arrangements to run over the Vandalia between
Clymers and Logansport As this Arrangement
has been made and Is working satisfactorily. the
Proposition from the Lake Erie q Western TO
again put on q through coach between Indianap
olis and Detroit 10 not meeting with the encour-
agement from The Detroit a. Eel River manage
raent which IL desirable.
A little inquiry develops the fact that the gen.
eral freight agents are in favor of the move
ment to make Indianapolis an in-transit billing
not be done. Indianapolis stands in much the
same relation to the railroads that Minneapolis
does, which 10 given this advantage When run
20 their capacity the mills here turn out 5000
barrels OF Hour per day. and it would certainly
be q wise policy for the Bee line or the l.. b 81
w. to take this quastain up and in part relieve
this point Of the black eye the interstate COM
merce bill has given its grain traffic.
The O., l., ST. l.. & c. company has four trains
engaged In Rraveling the road between Temple
ton and kankakee, and by Oct. /, will have
fhA anti data Lad hrfo fv
inches. The Lake Erie 81 Western. in the
meantime. are making extensive Improvement
70 the track which both roads between
Lafayette and Templeton and when the work la
npleted. IL is said that the Big Four trains
will run over the best piece of track between
Lafayette and Kankakee to be found in Indiana.
This being true, the c., l., ST. l.. q @. can
safely shorten the running tine Of their trains
two hours between Cincinnati and Chicago, as
President Ingalls, proposes to do.
The good people of Cambridge City, Ind,
were somewhat alarmed over q rumor that the
car-works there were TO shut down and that IL
meant q removal to Richmond some other
point. There is good authority for saying that
the Missouri car-works, operating the Cam
bridge City car-works, have abandoned the
.dea OF moving the works. They have several
contracts TO fill and most OF the work will be
done ut smbridge City. The works are ex-
periencing good deal of trouble in getting ma
terial, SO large has been the demand OF late, and
this may necessitate the Cambridge City car
works being idle for two three weeks, posi-
bly, not more than one week.
II. r. Dering and John Chesborough, assistant
general passenger agents of the Pennsylvania
lines west OF Pittsburg, returned last night
from the Central Traffic Association meeting,
held at Niagara Falls on Tuesday and Wednes-
day. The attendance was small, neither Of the
general passenger agents of the trunk lines TAX
Ing the trouble to attend, although the meeting
was held at n convenient point for them. with
the expectation that they would be
present But little of importance was
done. IL was decided to again put in
operation the redemption clause, which provides
that tickets found in the hands OF scalpers shall
be taken up by Commissioner Daniels and paid
for by him ont OF fund ne holds from each road
for that special purpose. The making or excur-
. sion rates to parties of ten or more abol-
lshed. and committee appointed 10 formulate
plan by which excursion rates can be kept under
control. The late system has been abused, and
the scalpers have profited largely through dis
honorable action on the part of some OF the pas
Iengar aRenta At leading railrnad cantara